LASG to Build Ultra-Modern Bus Terminal at Demolished Oshodi Market Site.

On Wednesday, the Lagos State Government  demolished the Owonifari Market at Oshodi which has been in existence for more than 40 years.

The Lagos State government had on tuesdsay closed the market to deal with security challenges within the Oshodi metropolis.

According to the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the move was geared towards the need to sanitise and beautify the Oshodi area and bring transformation, in particular, to the Owonifari area, as well as the entire bus stop terminal, which had been constituting a menace and an eyesore in the locality.

The demolition was directly supervised in the earlier hours of Wednesday by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode among a host of other officials.

It was further learnt that the affected traders and shop owners had been relocated to the new Isopakodowo Market at Bolade Area of Oshodi.